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Sarcostigma kleinii

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Sarcostigma kleinii. See image source here.

#969 They called me Sarcostigma kleinii, also known as Sarcostigma horsfieldii, Sarcostigma roxburghii, and Sarcostigma wallichii. I pay homage to the male botanists Jacob Theodor Klein, Thomas Horsfield, William Roxburgh, and George Charles Wallich, or Nathaniel Wallich. They first catalogued me in 1833.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Northern Territory, Philippines, Queensland, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, and West Himalaya.

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Sinningia speciosa

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Sinningia speciosa. See image source here.

#968 They called me Sinningia speciosa, also known as Gloxinia speciosa var. menziesii, Gloxinia passinghamii, and Gloxinia merkii. I pay homage to the male botanists Archibald Menzies, Passingham (I couldn’t find his records), and Merk (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1877.

Native to Andaman Is., Borneo, India, Jawa, Malaya, Myanmar, and Vietnam.

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Panicum millegrana

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Panicum millegrana. See image source here.

#961 They called me Panicum millegrana, also known as Panicum beyrichii. I pay homage to the male botanist Heinrich Karl Beyrich. They first catalogued me in 1816.

Native to Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Canary Is., Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, India, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Madeira, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, South European Russi, Spain, Svalbard, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Ukraine, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, and Yugoslavia.